NAME STRETCHING - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 162 clues). Published 4/22/1979. By Nancy W. Atkinson.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Greet (6)
- SALUTE
- 7 Across: Inundate (5)
- SWAMP
- 12 Across: Lugubrious (3)
- SAD
- 15 Across: Grazing land (3)
- LEA
- 18 Across: Migs or mibs (6)
- AGATES
- 19 Across: Arachnids (7)
- SPIDERS
- 21 Across: Incised mark (8)
- SCRIBING
- 23 Across: Sport of a sort (6)
- MUTANT
- 24 Across: Colossal (7)
- TITANIC
- 25 Across: Imitate a ballerina (8)
- TOEDANCE
- 26 Across: Successive scores for two Johanns (18)
- BACHTOBACHHOMERUNS
- 29 Across: Check (4)
- REIN
- 30 Across: Rowan (3)
- ASH
- 31 Across: S.C. river (6)
- ENOREE
- 32 Across: Shade of green (4)
- NILE
- 33 Across: Persian: Comb. form (5)
- IRANO
- 34 Across: Assignations (6)
- TRYSTS
- 35 Across: Rates highly (7)
- ESTEEMS
- 38 Across: Shankar plays it (5)
- SITAR
- 39 Across: ___ au rhum (4)
- BABA
- 42 Across: Jennet (3)
- ASS
- 43 Across: Famous Mohican (5)
- UNCAS
- 44 Across: Pittsburgh product (5)
- STEEL
- 45 Across: Comedienne Coca (7)
- IMOGENE
- 47 Across: Intensity (5)
- ARDOR
- 48 Across: Wine cup (6)
- GOBLET
- 51 Across: Bands of bad guys (5)
- GANGS
- 52 Across: Tap (6)
- SPIGOT
- 54 Across: The life of ___ (5)
- RILEY
- 55 Across: Eight: Comb. form (4)
- OCTO
- 59 Across: ___ van Holland, Neth. (4)
- HOEK
- 60 Across: On one's toes (5)
- ALERT
- 61 Across: Finished (4)
- OVER
- 62 Across: Poky person (5)
- SNAIL
- 63 Across: Hedge plant (6)
- PRIVET
- 66 Across: Schedule (5)
- SLATE
- 68 Across: Infiltrated (7)
- ENTERED
- 70 Across: Cameleer's robe (3)
- ABA
- 72 Across: Rushed to see Arthur on TV (15)
- MADEABEALINEFOR
- 76 Across: Homophone for air (3)
- ERE
- 77 Across: Smith's group (7)
- MORMONS
- 79 Across: David or John (5)
- WAYNE
- 80 Across: Having streaks (6)
- STRIPY
- 82 Across: Tittles (5)
- IOTAS
- 83 Across: Gusto (4)
- ELAN
- 85 Across: Wild dog of Asia (5)
- DHOLE
- 88 Across: Memorable couturier (4)
- DIOR
- 90 Across: British gun (4)
- STEN
- 91 Across: Gent (5)
- BLOKE
- 92 Across: Rubes (6)
- YOKELS
- 94 Across: Opportunely (5)
- ONCUE
- 96 Across: European border river (6)
- NEISSE
- 98 Across: "L'Organiste" composer (5)
- FAURE
- 99 Across: Ranch expanse (7)
- ACREAGE
- 101 Across: Dumas adventurer (5)
- ATHOS
- 103 Across: Sac (5)
- BURSA
- 104 Across: Roman or Persian (3)
- ERA
- 105 Across: Wise ___ owl (4)
- ASAN
- 106 Across: Of bees (5)
- APIAN
- 107 Across: Warning for 101 Across (7)
- ENGARDE
- 110 Across: Ultimate goal (6)
- ENDALL
- 112 Across: Small barracudas (5)
- SPETS
- 113 Across: Pill container (4)
- VIAL
- 114 Across: Edition of the classics (6)
- ALDINE
- 115 Across: Dallas campus (3)
- SMU
- 118 Across: Type (4)
- SORT
- 119 Across: Composer's adornments (18)
- HANDELBARMUSTACHES
- 124 Across: Piece of mischief (8)
- ESCAPADE
- 126 Across: Sunrise greeter (7)
- ROOSTER
- 127 Across: Fantasize (6)
- IDEATE
- 128 Across: Adolescent (8)
- TEENAGER
- 129 Across: Saint Andrew's cross (7)
- SALTIRE
- 130 Across: Anne Sullivan's pupil (6)
- KELLER
- 131 Across: Militant campus org. (3)
- SDS
- 132 Across: Topper (3)
- LID
- 133 Across: Dental ___ (5)
- FLOSS
- 134 Across: Buries (6)
- INTERS
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Dance of Brasília (5)
- SAMBA
- 2 Down: Large toads (5)
- AGUAS
- 3 Down: Gate fastening (5)
- LATCH
- 4 Down: Senator Garn's state (4)
- UTAH
- 5 Down: Drying frame (6)
- TENTER
- 6 Down: Language course for Orlando (8)
- ESTONYAN
- 7 Down: Mace and sage (6)
- SPICES
- 8 Down: Slender twig (5)
- WITHE
- 9 Down: A wife of Esau (4)
- ADAH
- 10 Down: Dialogue of Plato (4)
- MENO
- 11 Down: Stiffly neat (4)
- PRIM
- 12 Down: Tea cakes (6)
- SCONES
- 13 Down: Olympian hawk (4)
- ARES
- 14 Down: Performed (3)
- DID
- 15 Down: See 80 Across (7)
- LINEATE
- 16 Down: Oak grove (7)
- ENCINAL
- 17 Down: Brave Trojan warrior (6)
- AGENOR
- 19 Down: Kickoffs (6)
- STARTS
- 20 Down: Hotheads' creations (6)
- SCENES
- 21 Down: Mine entrance (5)
- STULM
- 22 Down: Voice for James (10)
- BARRIETONE
- 27 Down: Office V.I.P.'s (6)
- BOSSES
- 28 Down: Meadow barley (3)
- RIE
- 33 Down: That cad, to Caesar (4)
- ISTE
- 34 Down: Baseman, at times (6)
- TAGGER
- 35 Down: Bandleader named on a check (8)
- ENDORSEY
- 36 Down: Joplin's police force (13)
- SCOTTLANDYARD
- 37 Down: Do road work (3)
- TAR
- 39 Down: Brother or Bertha (3)
- BIG
- 40 Down: Chinese nurse (4)
- AMAH
- 41 Down: Role for Sonny (9)
- BONOPARTE
- 43 Down: Prod along (4)
- URGE
- 44 Down: Furtive (3)
- SLY
- 46 Down: Greenland group (7)
- ESKIMOS
- 47 Down: Feel discomfort (3)
- AIL
- 48 Down: Prone (to) (5)
- GIVEN
- 49 Down: Ramón's rah (3)
- OLE
- 50 Down: Deprived (6)
- BEREFT
- 53 Down: Liver dish (4)
- PATE
- 54 Down: René's roast (4)
- ROTI
- 56 Down: Dances at a governor's ball (9)
- CAREYOCAS
- 57 Down: Stadium area (4)
- TIER
- 58 Down: Ye ___ Tea Shoppe (4)
- OLDE
- 62 Down: Harsh, shrill noise (7)
- STRIDOR
- 64 Down: Popular vehicle (3)
- VAN
- 65 Down: Lincolns' late cousins (6)
- EDSELS
- 67 Down: Pub (8)
- ALEHOUSE
- 69 Down: Conjunction (3)
- NOR
- 70 Down: Author of "The Green Man" (4)
- AMIS
- 71 Down: Mukluk (4)
- BOOT
- 73 Down: "___, O north wind . . . " (5)
- AWAKE
- 74 Down: Ruin (4)
- BANE
- 75 Down: Bonn beast (4)
- ESEL
- 78 Down: Cocktail named for an educator (10)
- MANNHATTAN
- 81 Down: Cone-shaped (6)
- PINEAL
- 84 Down: Banos or Gatos (3)
- LOS
- 86 Down: Pods for soups (4)
- OKRA
- 87 Down: Trevino (3)
- LEE
- 89 Down: Wrinkle, to an M.D. (4)
- RUGA
- 91 Down: Twice (3)
- BIS
- 93 Down: Capital of ancient Lydia (6)
- SARDIS
- 95 Down: Suffix with velvet (3)
- EEN
- 97 Down: Ages upon ages (4)
- EONS
- 98 Down: Chinchilla, e.g. (3)
- FUR
- 100 Down: Raft for James (8)
- CAANTIKI
- 101 Down: Put side by side (7)
- APPOSED
- 102 Down: Casks (7)
- TIERCES
- 103 Down: Plantation machines (6)
- BALERS
- 104 Down: Countenance (6)
- ENDURE
- 106 Down: Collateral (6)
- ASSETS
- 107 Down: Got around (6)
- EVADED
- 108 Down: Forty-___ (5)
- NINER
- 109 Down: Wander about (3)
- GAD
- 110 Down: Fudd and Davis (6)
- ELMERS
- 111 Down: Sluggish (6)
- LEADEN
- 114 Down: "Ars gratia ___" (5)
- ARTIS
- 115 Down: Fine-grained rock (5)
- SHALE
- 116 Down: Time machine (5)
- METER
- 117 Down: Consumers (5)
- USERS
- 119 Down: Sacred: Prefix (4)
- HAGI
- 120 Down: Play the goldbricker (4)
- LOAF
- 121 Down: Weevil's delight (4)
- BOLL
- 122 Down: Anent (4)
- ASTO
- 123 Down: Native of Cardiff (4)
- CELT
- 125 Down: Crony (3)
- PAL
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